A Detailed Guide to Turtle Raising Methods and Daily Management Techniques
The turtle is an aquatic reptile with a very long history, and it has a great many varieties with a very wide distribution across all regions of our country. Today turtles are not only kept as pets; some varieties are also raised specifically as meat turtles, and the market demand for them in our country is very large. So if we want to raise turtles on a large scale, how should we go about it? Below, the editor brings you the turtle raising methods, so let's take a look!
1. Raising site
Turtle raising methods include ponds, turtle tanks, reservoirs and various other raising methods, and each raising method has its own different advantages and disadvantages, so you can choose according to the actual situation. However, most farms mainly use pond raising, because this raising method is easy to manage and its raising returns are also fairly considerable. We should build hatchling turtle ponds and adult turtle ponds well, control the area properly according to the different varieties, and expand the scale of raising. If conditions allow, mixed raising can also be carried out to improve the overall raising returns. Finally, be careful to prevent the turtles from digging holes and escaping, so the wall base must be made hard enough and deep enough.
2. Incubation management ⟧7⟧If you are raising turtles for the first time, you can choose to buy turtle stock from outside. You can also choose to hatch turtle eggs yourself, so as to ensure the turtles' growth ability. Turtle eggs are somewhat similar to chicken eggs in color and size, and in a wild environment they hatch and break out of the shell in about two months. However, during incubation we should control natural factors such as temperature and light well, to avoid an unsuitable environment affecting the hatching rate. And we should also pay attention to doing a good job of preventing and controlling the turtles' natural enemies, to avoid prolonging the incubation period and lowering the hatching survival rate. If you want to increase the hatching rate, then during the turtle incubation period you can carry out artificial incubation.
If you are raising turtles for the first time, you can buy young turtles from outside. You can also choose to hatch turtle eggs yourself, so as to ensure the turtles' growth ability. Turtle eggs are somewhat similar in color and size to chicken eggs, and in the wild they hatch after about two months. However, during incubation we must control temperature, light and other natural factors well, to avoid an unsuitable environment affecting the hatch rate. We must also pay attention to preventing and controlling the turtles' natural enemies, to avoid prolonging the incubation period and lowering the hatching survival rate. If you want to increase the hatch rate, you can carry out artificial incubation during the turtle incubation period.
3. Feeding management ⟧9⟧Changes in weather and climate directly affect the growth of turtles. Turtles need to hibernate, so they do not eat in winter, and generally wake up and begin eating before Qingming Festival. Around July is when the demand for feed is highest, because at this time the turtles' growth rate is the fastest. Then, as the temperature drops, their appetite also declines somewhat. We should reasonably adjust the feed according to the turtles' growth habits and seasonal changes. Therefore, when feeding the feed, follow the principles of fixed time, fixed amount and fixed location, to ensure the turtles eat at regular times and meet the nutrition needed for their growth.
Changes in weather and climate directly affect the growth of turtles. Turtles need to hibernate, so they do not eat in winter, and generally wake up and start eating before Qingming Festival. Around July is when the demand for feed is highest, because this is when turtles grow fastest. Then, as the temperature drops, their appetite also declines. We should reasonably adjust the feed according to the turtles' growth habits and seasonal changes. Therefore, when feeding, follow the principle of fixed time, fixed amount and fixed location, to ensure the turtles eat on schedule and get the nutrition they need for growth.
4. Points to note ⟧11⟧When raising them, pay attention to raising them separately according to the turtles' age and body size. This can both avoid the phenomenon of the big bullying the small and make management during the raising process easier. Turtles are rather timid, so when raising them we should pay attention to keeping things quiet, to prevent affecting the turtles' growth. Then change the water regularly, ensure water quality, and do a good job of sanitation management to prevent the production of germs and disease outbreaks. Finally, do a good job of regulating temperature and humidity: there should be a certain humidity in the open ground of the raising pond, and in summer and other high-temperature seasons, pay attention to doing a good job of cooling.
When raising them, be careful to keep them separately according to age and body size. This can both prevent larger ones from bullying smaller ones and make management during the rearing process easier. Turtles are quite timid, so when raising them we should keep things quiet to avoid affecting their growth. Then change the water regularly to maintain water quality, and do a good job of sanitation management to prevent germs from causing disease. Finally, do a good job of regulating temperature and humidity: there must be a certain humidity in the open area of the rearing pond, and in high-temperature seasons such as summer, be careful to cool things down.
The above is a brief introduction to turtle raising methods. Turtles are actually very easy to raise; as long as we pay more attention to doing good management work and strengthen disease prevention, we can ensure a relatively high survival rate. That is all for today's introduction. This article is for reference only. Thank you all for reading and supporting.